Stone tools : theoretical insights into human prehistory /

Lithic analysts have been criticized for being atheoretical in their approach, or at least for not contributing to building archaeological theory. This volume redresses that balance. In Stone Tools, renowned lithic analysts employ explicitly theoretical constructs to explore the archaeological recor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Tulsa Conference in Lithic Analysis
Other Authors: Odell, George H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, [1996]
Series:Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
Subjects:
Tools, Prehistoric > Analysis > Congresses.
Stone implements > Analysis > Congresses.
Projectile points > Analysis > Congresses.
Outils préhistoriques > Analyse > Congrès.
Outils de pierre > Analyse > Congrès.
Pointes de projectile > Analyse > Congrès.
Projectile points > Analysis
Stone implements > Analysis
Tools, Prehistoric > Analysis
Steentijd.
Gebruiksvoorwerpen.
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Evaluating lithic strategies and design criteria / Brian Hayden, Nora Franco, and Jim Spafford
  • Economizing behavior and the concept of 'curation' / George H. Odell
  • Is curation a useful heuristic? / Stephen E. Nash
  • Hunter-gatherer lithic economy and settlement systems: understanding regional assemblage variability in the Upper Paleolithic of Portuguese Estremadura / Paul T. Thacker
  • The Decline and fall of flint / Steven A. Rosen
  • Lithic analysis and questions of cultural complexity: the Maya / Jay K. Johnson
  • The Role of chipped stone in the political economy of social ranking / Michael S. Nassaney
  • When is an Elko? / Michael F. Rondeau
  • Projectile points, style, and social process in the preceramic of central Peru / John W. Rick
  • Innovation and selection in prehistory: a case study from the American bottom / Michael J. Shott
  • Microwear analysis of some clovis and experimental chipped stone tools / Marvin Kay
  • Lithic refitting and archaeological site formation processes: a case study from the twin ditch site, Greene County, Illinois / Toby M. Morrow
  • Some comments on a continuing debate / George H. Odell [and others].

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